船舶自引通过托雷斯海峡航法

笔者在不同的季节,不同的海、潮流及白昼或夜间,自引20000吨级船舶来往通过托雷斯海峡十几次,积累了一些经验,本文将讨论托雷斯海峡中狭窄航段的航法、海峡报告制度及航行注意。     

A conceptual model of the strongly tidal Columbia River plume

The Columbia River plume is typical of large-scale, high discharge, mid-latitude plumes. In the absence of strong upwelling winds, freshwater from the river executes a rightward turn and forms an anticyclonic bulge before moving north along the Washington coast. In addition to the above dynamics, however, the river plume outflow is subject to large tides, which modify the structure of the plume in the region near the river mouth. Observations based on data acquired during a summer 2005 cruise indicate that the plume consists of four distinct water masses; source water at the lift-off point, and the tidal, re-circulating and far-field plumes. In contrast to most plume models that describe the discharge of low-salinity estuary water into ambient high-salinity coastal water, we describe the Columbia plume as the superposition of these four plume types.We focus primarily on a conceptual summary of the dynamics and mutual interaction of the tidal and re-circulating plumes. The new tidal plume flows over top of the re-circulating plume and is typically bounded by strong fronts. Soon after the end of ebb tide, it covers roughly 50–100% of the re-circulating plume surface area. The fronts may penetrate well below the re-circulating plume water and eventually spawn internal waves that mix the re-circulating plume further. The re-circulating plume persists throughout the tidal cycle and corresponds to a freshwater volume equivalent to 3–4 days of river discharge. Finally, the plume water masses are distinguished from one another in term of surface chlorophyll concentration, suggesting that the above classification may also describe different biological growth regimes. The low-salinity re-circulating plume serves as an extension of the estuary into the coastal ocean, or an “estuary at sea”, because residence times during periods of high river flow are greater than those in the estuary.     

Influence of the Mackenzie River plume on the sinking export of particulate material on the shelf

We examined the influence of the Mackenzie River plume on sinking fluxes of particulate organic and inorganic material on the Mackenzie Shelf, Canadian Arctic. Short-term particle interceptor traps were deployed under the halocline at 3 stations across the shelf during fall 2002 and at 3 stations along the shelf edge during summer 2004. During the two sampling periods, the horizontal patterns in sinking fluxes of particulate organic carbon (POC) and chlorophyll a (chl a) paralleled those in chl a biomass within the plume. Highest sinking fluxes of particulate organic material occurred at stations strongly influenced by the river plume (maximum POC sinking fluxes at 25 m of 98 mg C m^− 2 d^− 1 and 197 mg C m^− 2 d^− 1 in 2002 and 2004, respectively). The biogeochemical composition of the sinking material varied seasonally with phytoplankton and fecal pellets contributing considerably to the sinking flux in summer, while amorphous detritus dominated in the fall. Also, the sinking phytoplankton assemblage showed a seasonal succession from a dominance of diatoms in summer to flagellates and dinoflagellates in the fall. The presence of the freshwater diatom Eunotia sp. in the sinking assemblage directly underneath the river plume indicates the contribution of a phytoplankton community carried by the plume to the sinking export of organic material. Yet, increasing chl a and BioSi sinking fluxes with depth indicated an export of phytoplankton from the water column below the river plume during summer and fall. Grazing activity, mostly by copepods, and to a lesser extent by appendicularians, appeared to occur in a well-defined stratum underneath the river plume, particularly during summer. These results show that the Mackenzie River influences the magnitude and composition of the sinking material on the shelf in summer and fall, but does not constitute the only source of material sinking to depth at stations influenced by the river plume.     

萨尔瓦多至巽他海峡航线分析

介绍由萨尔瓦多至巽他海峡大圆航线与恒向线水流、风对船速的影响,以及船舶吃水差、船底水生物对船速的影响,提出航线选择应考虑的因素。     

日本关门海峡航法

就关门海峡的航道、潮流、信号、通航情况、航法及船过海峡时应注意的问题进行了论述,并根据多次通过关门海峡的经验总结出一些可供借鉴的航法。     

海峡两岸海上直航分析

金融海啸席卷全球,面对严峻的经济形势,海峡两岸能否携手开展金融合作、经济合作,共同应对危机冲击显得尤为重要和迫切。2008年11月4日,海峡两岸关系协会与台湾海峡交流基金会签署了《海峡两岸海运协议》,标志着海峡两岸实现海上直航。针对这一重大举措,文中首先对海上直航的重要性进行了分析,然后结合海峡两岸海上直航现状,深入探讨了直航的前景,最后提出了几点两岸共同应对国际金融危机的对策建议。     

日本来岛海峡航法

就日本来岛海峡的航法、潮流、雾况、通航情况及船过来岛海峡应注意的事项等进行了阐述,并结合航行来岛海峡的经验,指出了航行中应注意的问题。     

SWAN在台湾海峡台风浪场数值模拟中的应用研究

简要介绍了波浪模式的发展及应用较为广泛的几种第三代能量谱海浪模式的特点。为了研究台湾海峡台风浪场的分布特征,以0903号"莲花"台风为例,选取第三代能量谱海浪模式SWAN,充分考虑底摩擦、风、白浪破碎、波波非线性相互作用、波浪浅化效应等物理过程,模拟了该海域的台风浪场的分布特征。将模拟结果与实测波浪、风资料对比分析,结果表明风速、有效波高计算值与实际值符合性较好,SWAN模式在海域的适应性良好。     

A study on bubble plume behavior in stratified water

Plumes of air and carbon-dioxide (CO₂) bubbles in stratified water were studied experimentally and numerically. It is important to understand the plume behavior of droplets or bubbles in the ocean in marine environmental engineering. In sequestration of CO₂ in the ocean, liquid CO₂ is injected in the form of droplets, and thermal stratification in enclosed seas is possibly destroyed by a bubble generator. This study focuses on the relationship between intrusion depth and stratification intensity, gas flow rate, and bubble size. A desktop-sized tank was used to achieve no-background-flow conditions for salt stratification. The results from the air-bubble experiments indicated that the larger the bubble size, the smaller the intrusion depth. We also observed the behavior of CO₂ bubbles. They are different from air in that they dissolve in water and are reduced in volume. Our numerical simulation method for two-phase flow was validated by comparisons with the experiments. Received: August 13, 2001 / Accepted: October 9, 2001     

台湾海峡船舶交通流的调查与分析

采用雷达观测方法获取台湾海峡船舶交通实况,应用自行开发的基于电子海图的观测数据与分析软件进行数据处理,分析台湾海峡船舶交通流分布,建立交通流模型,揭示台湾海峡船舶交通流特点和潜在危险。其调查与分析结果为实施台湾海峡船舶交通管理措施提供科学依据。     

台湾海峡主航道船舶定线的研究

在对台湾海峡主航道船舶交通的调查与分析的基础上,应用海上交通工程的理论和方法,对海峡通航环境进行定性和定量分析,揭示海峡中主要交通流模式和交通环境特征,结合IMO《关于船舶定线的一般规定》,规划和设计台湾海峡主航道船舶定线制,并对该定线制方案设计中的技术问题进行了探讨。     

对台直航船舶监督管理初探

文中简要分析了泉金客运航线的通航现状及各类对台直航船舶的监管特点,介绍了海事部门在对台直航船舶监督管理方面积累的成功做法和宝贵经验,形成对直航船舶监督管理的初步探讨意见和相关建议,供相关海事机构决策参考。     

琼州海峡航标配布优化方案的研究

文中介绍了琼州海峡的自然条件,详细分析了船舶交通状况和航标配布现状,提出了改善琼州海峡船舶交通状况的航标配布优化方案。     

海峡两岸VTS协作初探

文中主要分析两岸开展VTS协作的必要性和可行性,并在综合分析开展协作存在的问题的基础上,提出增进协作交流、编制作业指南、建设“试验田”等方面的对策建议。     

Numerical simulation of the barotropic tides in the Tunisian Shelf and the Strait of Sicily

We have investigated the barotropic tides in the Tunisian shelf and the Strait of Sicily using the Regional Ocean Modelling System (ROMS) with very high-resolution. Model performance was evaluated with respect to tide gauge, satellite data, and current meter measurements. The model fields faithfully reproduced the major feature of the barotropic tidal currents and agreed well with existing tidal elevation and phase observations. General features for the various semidiurnal constituents are nearly similar to each other with maximum amplitude in the Gulf of Gabes. The larger tidal currents occur over the continental shelves. In the Adventure Bank, the current is essentially of diurnal type whereas in the Gulf of Gabes it is of semidiurnal type.Tidal energy lost, which is primarily due to bottom stress dissipation, is predominantly in the Gulf of Gabes ( 61%), the Strait of Sicily, and the Strait of Messina. The forcing function for internal tides shows for both M₂ and K₁ constituents, significant spatial variability in the Strait of Sicily. This suggests that some internal tides will be generated in these regions and could thus explain the observed strong diurnal internal waves in the Adventure Bank.     

Effect of mixing on microbial communities in the Rhone River plume

The biological processes involved during mixing of a river plume with the marine underlying water were studied off the Rhone River outlet. Samples of suspended and dissolved matter were collected while tracking a drifting buoy. Three trajectories were performed, at 2-day intervals, under different hydrological and meteorological situations. A biological uptake was evidenced from ammonium (NH₄) and phosphate (PO₄) shortage, indicating an early “NH₄-dependent” functioning occurring before the well-known “NO₃-based” cycle. The different ratios between NH₄, NO₃ and PO₄, as a function of salinity, were discussed to detail the preferential use in PO₄ and NH₄. Salinity zones with enhanced bacterial production, high chlorophyll a concentration, as well as DOC, NH₄ and PO₄ consumption were evidenced from 20 to 35 in salinity. It was shown that the successive abundance of bacteria and phytoplankton during transfer reflected the competition for PO₄ of both communities. On the Rhone River plume, the role played by temperature, light conditions and suspended matter upon biological activity seems relatively minor compared to salinity distribution and its related parameter: nutrient availability. It can be concluded that biological uptake in the Rhone River plume was closely related to the dilution mechanism, controlled itself by the dynamics of the plume. In windless conditions and close to the river mouth, the density gradient between marine and river water induced limited exchanges between the nutrient-rich freshwater and the potential consumers in the underlying marine water. Consequently, little biological activity is observed close to the river mouth. Offshore, mixing is enhanced and a balance is reached between salinity tolerance and nutrient availability to form a favourable zone for marine phytoplankton development. This can be quite far from the river mouth in case of a widely spread plume, corresponding to high river discharge. Under windy and wavy conditions, the plume freshwater is early and rapidly mixed, so that the extension of the “enhanced production zone” is drastically reduced and even bacteria could not benefit from the fast mixing regime induced.     

渤海海峡以西海域山东沿海公共航路的规划方案

在对渤海海峡以西海域山东沿海船舶交通流和所发生海事的调查研究的基础上,对海域通航环境进行分析,揭示渤海海峡以西海域山东沿海主要交通流模式和交通环境特征,结合IMO<船舶定线制的一般规定>,对渤海海峡以西海域山东沿海公共航路进行规划设计.新规划方案的提出对促进海上交通安全和海域经济协调发展具有重要的现实意义.     

A high order linear model for the prediction of internal lee waves at the main sill of the Strait of Gibraltar

A linear theory for the physical fields in the water column under the action of large amplitude internal lee waves at the main sill of the Strait of Gibraltar is developed. The procedure is a combination of the perturbation and normal modes methods in order to study steady resonant conditions. The lowest order linear approach of the methodology resumes the Taylor–Goldstein equation, which can reconstruct the main features of the observed fields but the high order approach gives the finest structure and sometimes the largest contributions. The role of the non-linear terms is investigated up to the second order taking into account the non-linear interactions between modes, leading to an effective reconstruction of the whole water column for the velocity field.     

Measuring the thicknesses of the freshwater-layer plume and sea ice in the land-fast ice region of the Mackenzie Delta using helicopter-borne sensors

Helicopter-borne sensors have been used since the early 1990s to monitor ice properties in support of winter marine transportation along the east coast of Canada. The observations are used in ice chart production and to validate ice hazard identification algorithms using satellite advanced synthetic aperture radar (ASAR) imagery. In this study we evaluated the sensors' additional capability to monitor the freshwater plume characteristic beneath land-fast ice. During the Canadian Arctic Shelf Exchange Study (CASES) data were collected over the Mackenzie Delta in the southern Beaufort Sea where a buoyant river plume exists. Results showed that the electromagnetic–laser system could describe not only the ice properties but also the horizontal distribution of the freshwater plume depths that decreased in depth stepwise offshore as the flow of the buoyant plume was restricted by a series of ridge-rubble fields running parallel to the coast. Relative to the 2 m mean ice thickness, the plume layer depth varied from zero under mobile offshore pack ice to 3 m inshore of the third set of ridge-rubble fields.     

台湾海峡两岸直航船舶进口岸审批存在的问题与建议

台湾海峡两岸直航正式开通后,在对申请进入广州港直航船舶的进口岸审批过程中发现存在一些问题并提出改进的建议。